I Think That I Am Going To Be Sick...

A few show updates...

Well, we finaly got clearance from the last show creator. Shaun is on board. Looks like this thing is actually going to happen.

The show now has an email address... SickestStories (at) Gmail (dot) com. I'll let you put that together, if you need to. That small annoyance is in place to keep spambots from stealing the email addy. Point is, the show now has a contact point to begin marketing it.

Next step? MySpace page. That will go live tomorrow.

After that? A Simple webpage to direct audience to the show and answer their questions. (I have a URL that I want. I need to see if I can get someone to buy it for me.)

After that? A press packet and press releases for the opening.

Another aspect of the show that we're currently discussing is podcasting the show. Fuzzy says that it makes him a little uncomfortable. He thinks it'll cause people to edit themselves. I'm hoping that we can get around that, by hiding the mics and not linking people's names to the podcast. It's a little less scary, knowing that your name isn't attached to the nasty shit that you have to say.
It's still a point of discussion. Nothing decided either way about it.
(Secretly, I think it'll help market the show. And it will amass a nice archive of show material for fans to dig through. AND I love the idea of people listening to our nasty shit on the train, on their way to work in the mornings.)

I have a meeting on Tuesday evening with Greg and Fuzzy to think this stuff over and other details.

Greg has suggested two staging ideas that I really like. I'm adopting them immediately. Basically, they're the things that will hang on the curtains (via a hook that will actually attach to the curtain roller and not the curtain material itself) and the thing that we're going to hang on the table. I also want to hang a thing outside the theater, each night, too. More on all of that, later.

I've also begun assembling a Potential Guest List at home. I'm taking names now of people who want to do the show and writing them down, so that I can contact them later. I've also created a spreadsheet with slots for performer names throughout December, 2008. That way, I can look ahead and design "theme nights" to help spice things up. For example, we're doing a Ladies Night in February. (The Month of Love) and I want to do "The Gayest Fucking Stories" around Pride, next year.
It's all about the marketing, people.

Jonathan Pitts and I also chatted about it at Edison's, this past Sunday and he had some EXCELLANT cast suggestions. I am absolutely going to steal them. It was very kind of him to offer up useful suggestions!

If YOU want to be in the show, email the address that I posted at the top of this entry. I'm taking names now.

Poster design is also rolling along, nicely. I just need to get logos from Edison now. I'll need to call him soon and finalize some of that stuff.

Would you like a sneak peek of the poster? Scroll down to the bottom and suck it dry, Interested Readers!

One more thing, we have our Preview Night and Opening Night dates set now.

Sept. 8 is the Free Preview Night.
Oct. 6 is the official Opening Night.

Ticket price is going to be $10. But Friends of the Show will get in for $5. And I'll be giving out 2-for-1s like they're candy!

This show is going to rock!

Cheers,
Mr.B